Crorepati Additional Civil Supplies Officer arrested by Vigilance

Bhubaneswar: The Odisha vigilance on Saturday arrested crorepati Kendrapara Additional Civil Supplies officer (ACSO) Pradeep Kumar Mohapatra on charges of amassing movable and immovable properties disproportionate to his known source of income.

Yesterday, the vigilance department conducted raid at five places belonging to Additional Civil Supplies officer (ACSO). They conducted raid at his residential house in Cuttack’s Kalyani Nagar, a double storeyed building with area approx 5,600 Sqft. at Lingipur, Bhubaneswar, his office at Kendrapara, his ancestral house in Cuttack Nuapada.

During house searches, the following assets have been unearthed in the name of Mohapatra and his family members;

1) 1 Double storeyed building with area approx 5,600 Sqft. at Lingipur, Bhubaneswar.

2) 1 building at Kalani Nagar, Madhupatna, Cuttack.

3) 2 plots in prime areas of Bhubaneswar and Cuttack.

i) A piece of land vide plot No. 145/1864/4634 at Lingipur, Bhubaneswar.

ii) A piece of land vide plot No. 143/1720 at Kalyani Nagar, Cuttack.

The measurement and valuation/assessment of the above buildings/plots are being carried out by Vigilance Technical Wing.

4) Mutual fund deposits approx. Rs. 1Crore.

5) Other deposits are being ascertained.

6) One locker being operated in the name of his spouse at SBI Main Branch, Cuttack is still to be opened.

7) Cash Rs. 1.21 lakh.

8) 1 four wheeler (Maruti Swift) and 2 two wheelers.